The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Reading region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Architect
Rank 117 120 103
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 15 13 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.699% 0.571% 0.859%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.737% 0.600% 0.917%
Number of salaries quoted 8 13 15
Average salary £78,750 £80,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.56% +23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £57,000 £57,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £95,000 £74,000
UK excluding London average salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year
-3.57% +12.00%
All Job Titles
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2035 2166 1744
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 94.83% 95.21% 93.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1663 1864 1400
Average salary £42,500 £42,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.19% -1.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Architect
Berkshire

Security Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Security Architect across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Reading Security Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Security Architect
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Security Architect across the Reading region.

Reading Security Architect Salary Trend

Security Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Architect across the Reading region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Reading Security Architect Salary Histogram

Security Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited Security Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Security Architect in their job title.

1 16 (61.54%) Finance
2 11 (42.31%) Telecoms
2 11 (42.31%) CISSP
3 10 (38.46%) Security Cleared
3 10 (38.46%) Security Architecture
4 9 (34.62%) SC Cleared
4 9 (34.62%) Information Assurance
5 8 (30.77%) ITIL V3
5 8 (30.77%) ITIL
5 8 (30.77%) CESG
5 8 (30.77%) CESG CLAS
6 7 (26.92%) Fujitsu
7 6 (23.08%) Retail
7 6 (23.08%) DV Cleared
8 5 (19.23%) Information Security
8 5 (19.23%) Firewall
9 4 (15.38%) Degree
9 4 (15.38%) PCI DSS
9 4 (15.38%) OWASP
10 3 (11.54%) CISA
10 3 (11.54%) CISM
10 3 (11.54%) C++
10 3 (11.54%) Java
10 3 (11.54%) .NET
11 2 (7.692%) HP
11 2 (7.692%) Citrix
11 2 (7.692%) ATM
11 2 (7.692%) LAN
11 2 (7.692%) WLAN
11 2 (7.692%) VPN

Security Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited Security Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Security Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (11.54%) .NET
2 2 (7.692%) CGI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (19.23%) Firewall
2 2 (7.692%) ATM
2 2 (7.692%) LAN
2 2 (7.692%) WLAN
2 2 (7.692%) VPN
2 2 (7.692%) SSL
2 2 (7.692%) Wireless
2 2 (7.692%) IPsec
2 2 (7.692%) Network Security
2 2 (7.692%) Unified Communications
3 1 (3.846%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (3.846%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (3.846%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.846%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (3.846%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (61.54%) Finance
2 11 (42.31%) Telecoms
3 6 (23.08%) Retail
4 2 (7.692%) Banking
5 1 (3.846%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) CESG
1 8 (30.77%) CESG CLAS
2 2 (7.692%) Mathematics
3 1 (3.846%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.846%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Security Architecture
2 9 (34.62%) Information Assurance
3 8 (30.77%) ITIL V3
3 8 (30.77%) ITIL
4 5 (19.23%) Information Security
5 4 (15.38%) OWASP
6 2 (7.692%) Identity Management
6 2 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (7.692%) Network Design
6 2 (7.692%) Load Balancing
6 2 (7.692%) Data Architecture
6 2 (7.692%) Cyber Security
7 1 (3.846%) SIEM
7 1 (3.846%) Change Control
7 1 (3.846%) Analytics
7 1 (3.846%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (3.846%) Incident Management
7 1 (3.846%) Security Testing
7 1 (3.846%) Penetration Testing
7 1 (3.846%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) C++
1 3 (11.54%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (42.31%) CISSP
2 10 (38.46%) Security Cleared
3 9 (34.62%) SC Cleared
4 6 (23.08%) DV Cleared
5 4 (15.38%) Degree
6 3 (11.54%) CISA
6 3 (11.54%) CISM
7 2 (7.692%) CCIE
7 2 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (7.692%) GSEC
7 2 (7.692%) CSSLP
7 2 (7.692%) GCED
8 1 (3.846%) CCSP
8 1 (3.846%) CCNP
8 1 (3.846%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) PCI DSS
2 2 (7.692%) JSP 440
2 2 (7.692%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) Fujitsu
2 2 (7.692%) HP
2 2 (7.692%) Citrix
2 2 (7.692%) Cisco
2 2 (7.692%) Juniper
2 2 (7.692%) CheckPoint
2 2 (7.692%) Symantec
2 2 (7.692%) VMware
2 2 (7.692%) Blue Coat
2 2 (7.692%) Brocade
2 2 (7.692%) Fortinet
2 2 (7.692%) F5
3 1 (3.846%) Qualys
Reading, Thames Valley
The Architecture Team is split into two functions, one focused on delivering solution architectures for projects, the other taking a cross project, enterprise perspective, capturing the current and...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £80000 - £100000 per annum + car, bonus, bens
Posted: 18 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
The Enterprise Security Architect will work closely with the Head of IT Security to define the Strategic Security Architecture and technology templates for the organisation The role will...
Streamline Connections
Salary: £80000 - £100000 per annum + car, bonus, bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
As a Security Cleared Lead Security Architect your skills & qualifications will include: Current Security Clearance to SC level... As a Security Cleared Lead Security Architect desirable skills and...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + £6k Car Allowance + Bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
As a Security Cleared Lead Security Architect your skills & qualifications will include : Current Security Clearance to SC level... As a Security Cleared Lead Security Architect desirable skills and...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + £6k Car Allowance + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Therefore designing security into application development.You will need experience in common programming languages such as Java, C++, .NET, Visual Studio etc. You will also need to be...
Hudson
Salary: £80000 - £90000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013